Purdue names 2012 Homecoming queen and king

October 12, 2012

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University students Stuart
Shippee and Haley Mummert were crowned the 2012 Homecoming king and queen
during a Friday (Oct. 12) campus pep rally.

They will appear at Homecoming festivities Saturday (Oct.
13), including the football game's halftime celebration.

Shippee is a senior studying aeronautical engineering from
King George, Va. Mummert is a senior studying management from Kokomo, Ind.

They were chosen by online student voting and formal
interviews by a judging panel composed of faculty, staff, students, alumni and
community leaders.

Members of the queen's court are Kirsten Clawson of Princeton,
Ill., Laura Donaldson of Kentland, Ind., Tara Driscoll of Mokena, Ill., Kendra
Julian of West Lafayette, Ind., Molly Longest of Carmel, Ind., and Allison
Willis of Cincinnati.

Members of the king's court are Brad Barnett of
Georgetown, Ind., Addison Bradford of Indianapolis, Peter Chen of West
Lafayette, Ind., Jacob Mattox of New Albany, Ind., Jude Nwaokobia of
Onicha-Ugbo, Nigeria, and Curtis Wassum of Orchard Park, N.Y.